Inhaler
AssigneeVectura Delivery Devices Limited
InventorsStephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Quentin Harmer, Peter Alan Evans, David Gregory Ahern
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AssigneeVectura Delivery Devices Limited
InventorsStephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Quentin Harmer, Peter Alan Evans, David Gregory Ahern
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An inhaler is disclosed. It comprises a housing to receive a strip of blisters each having a puncturable lid and containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user, a mouthpiece through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user and, an actuator operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member. The actuator is also operable to cause the blister piercing element to puncture the lid of a blister such that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it out of the blister and via the mouthpiece into the user's airway.
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An inhaler comprising a housing to receive a blister having a puncturable lid and containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user, a mouthpiece through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user, a blister piercing member comprising at least two discrete piercing heads operable to pierce a corresponding number of holes in said blister, an actuator comprising an arm pivotally mounted to the housing at one end, and an opening formed in the vicinity of each piercing head, at least one of said openings forming an airflow inlet into said blister and, at least one other of said openings forming an airflow outlet from said blister, the mouthpiece including a primary chamber having an outside air inlet in communication, via the primary chamber, with the or each airflow inlet opening and, a secondary chamber in communication with the or each airflow outlet opening such that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, air is drawn through the or each airflow inlet opening into the blister via the outside air inlet and the primary chamber to entrain the dose in the airflow, said entrained dose passing through the or each airflow outlet opening into the secondary chamber of the mouthpiece from where it is carried into the user's airway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.